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Pastors Day 2024 - Schedule


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8:30 am            ARRIVAL AND REGISTRATION, CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

Holiday Inn, 970 Dixon Rd, Toronto, Trillium Ballroom A


9:00 am           Welcome by Adam Driscoll, EFC board chair

Opening devotional: “Generations and Nations Will Praise You” by David Guretzki, EFC president

Presentations by the EFC Centre for Research on Church and Faith, including introduction by Rick Hiemstra, director, and preliminary findings on Women in the Canadian Evangelical Church Research Project plus Q&A by Lindsay Callaway, researcher


10:15 am          COFFEE BREAK AND NETWORKING


10:45 am          Presentations

The EFC Centre for Faith and Public Life, on interactions with UN and discussion on Canadian public policy, by Julia Beazley, director

Unveiling of EFC Video Series Faith Matters, by Karen Stiller, director of communications

The EFC Centre for Ministry Partnerships and Innovation, on Reconciliation by Joel Gordon, director, and on Welcome Church and diaspora, by Jon Fuller, resident missiologist

Gift for attendees


Noon                 LUNCH AND NETWORKING, JOINED BY DENOMINATIONAL LEADERS


1:15 pm            Keynote

The A.I. Revolution: Understanding and Response” plus Q&A by Andy Steiger, president, Apologetics Canada

2:00 pm            Table discussion starting from two questions

        1. As a pastor, what are your top 1 or 2 concerns in your own ministry or congregation right now, that you think the EFC could help with?
        2. As a congregational affiliate, what is one thing we could do to better serve you? If you are not an EFC affiliate, why not?

2:25 pm            Announcement of Ignite events by Willy Reimer, executive director, 78-7 Collective

Pastoral prayer by Terry Sanderson, lead pastor, Bayview Glen Alliance Church

2:40 pm            President’s address

The EFC @ 60: Where Might God Lead Us Now?” by David Guretzki, EFC president


3:00 pm            CLOSING